Riddles

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Across
  1. 2. I am an insect, a hive is my home. I eat some pollen to make a honeycomb.
  2. 4. I have horns but I can't beep. I like to bleat but I am not a sheep.
  3. 6. I live in the ocean and move slowly. I eat clams and have five arms.
  4. 8. I have a mane but I am not a lion and I wear my shoes to bed.
  5. 9. I am able to turn my head around 270 degrees and I am noted for being quiet in flight.
  6. 11. I plough fields but never sow; I have a corkscrew tail and snuffly nose.
  7. 12. I have four legs but no tail. Usually, I am heard only at night.
  8. 14. I am gold and can be black and white, I am a symbol for a nation when freedom took flight.
  9. 16. I carry my home with me, whether I am in the water or on land.
  10. 17. I am the biggest reptile living in the water and have a shoe named after me.
Down
  1. 1. I am very big and furry. I like to eat fish and berries. I love honey as much as you do.
  2. 2. I have wings but I am not a bird. I am small, colorful, and beautiful.
  3. 3. I have got lumps on my back and I live on the sand.
  4. 4. I have arms that are longer than my legs. I have been taught sign language to communicate.
  5. 5. I have whiskers and live as a pet at home.
  6. 6. I hide my treasure in the ground, my tail is big and fluffy.
  7. 7. I live in the ocean. I have very sharp teeth and I eat meat.
  8. 10. I am spotty and speedy but not at all greedy. I look like a leopard.
  9. 13. The alphabet goes from A to Z, but I go Z to A.
  10. 15. I grow down as I grow up.
  11. 17. In the grass, I like to graze. Getting milked in the barn, with the farmer is how I spend my days.